animate vs fatigue

animate

verb
  • To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit. 

  • To impart motion or the appearance of motion to. 

adj
  • That which lives. 

  • Possessing the quality or ability of motion. 

  • Dynamic, energetic. 

  • having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans and animals, often also gods, plants, etc.) 

  • Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun. 

fatigue

verb
  • To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion. 

  • To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted. 

  • To cause to undergo the process of fatigue. 

  • To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it. 

  • To undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue. 

noun
  • Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material. 

  • A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion. 

  • A menial task or tasks, especially in the military. 

How often have the words animate and fatigue occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )